Copy-holder.



F. A. ALLEN.

COPY HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 22, 1913.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Witnesses Attorneys FANNIE A. ALLEN, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

COPY-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Application filed November 22, 1913. Serial No. 802,538.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FANNIE A. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Copy-Holder, of which the following isa specification.

Thi invention relates to copy holders for use in connection with typewriters, one of its objects being to provide a simple, durable and inexpensive device of this character which can be used in connection with typewriters of different makes.

With the'foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and, claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope-of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of the copy holder. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section through one of the slides of the indicator. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a portion of the copy holder and showing how the same is to be positioned under a typewriter, a portion of the typewriter being shown. I 4

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates thetop strip of the frame of the copy holder, the same being formed in a single length of wire bent to provide a central eye 2, the ends of the top strip merging into side strips 3 provlded, at their lower ends, with forwardly extending arms 4- the ends of which are bent back to form fingers 5 disposed in the same vertical planes with the arms 4. These arms 4 are extended at right angles to the' side strips 3 and are adapted to extend under the frameof a typewriter indicated generally at A in Fig. 3, the fingers 5 being directly contacted by the typewriter. It is to be understood that these fingers can be bent relative to the arms 4 so as to adapt them for use in connection with typewriters of different makes so that the frame of any typewriter will rest firmly upon the fingers and thus hold the copy holder fixedly in position.

Connecting the upper end portions of the sides 3 is a cross rod 6 and pivotally mounted on this rod are clips 7 of any suitable form, the said clips belng also slidable on the rod. Another cross rod 8 connects the sides 3 near the lower ends thereof and mounted on this rod are rings 9, each ring being connected to a clip 10 by means of an elastic 11 or the like. Another cross rod 12 may be connected to the lower ends of the sides 3, this rod constituting a brace.

Slidably mounted on each side 3 is a sleeve 13 and secured in each sleeve is a bowed spring 14 adapted to frictionally engage the side 3 on which the sleeve is mounted. Eyes or rings 15 extend from the sleeves and are connected by parallel cords 16 which can, if desired, be formed of elastic material. y

In using the apparatus herein described, the manuscript to be copied is placed with its upper edge portion in engagement with the clips 7 and is then inserted between the cords 16. The clips 10 are then placed in engagement with the lower edge portion of the manuscript, the elastics l1 pulling downwardly on the clips 10 so as to hold the manuscript drawn taut. Sleeves 13 can be adjusted along the sides 3 until the cord 16 which extends infront of the manuscript .is brought to position under the first line to be copied. After this line has been copied the sleeves 13 are moved downwardly to bring the cord under the next line to be copied. This operation'is continued until the first sheet of manuscript has been copied Y whereupon said sheet is removed or, if pre-' ferred, can be disconnected from the lower clips 10 and swung upwardly to position between the rod 6 and the top strip 1.

When the copy holder herein described is not in use it can be hung upon a nail or the like extending into the eye 2.

What is claimed is A copy holder including a frame having side strips, forwardly extending arms at the lower ends of the side strips and adapted to rest flat upon a supporting structure, fingers integral with and extending above the arms, said fingers being extended rearwardly toward the frame from the front ends of the arms and being spaced from my own, I have hereto eedl my signature segild arms and. colnstituting mfeans for yie1din the presence of two Witnesses. a y engaging t e ottom 0 a typewriter extending over the arms, and means carried FANNIE ALLEN 5 by the frame for engaging and supporting Witnesses:

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